When Yemens' Imam Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā died…

1962 CE

When Yemens' Imam Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā died in September 1962, his son Muḥammad al-Badr succeeded him. Within a week, republican officers led by Abdullay al-Sallāl staged a coup, bombarding the royal palace in Sana‘a and proclaiming the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR). Al-Sallāl became its first head of state and prime minister.

Born near Sana‘a, educated at the al-Mutawakkiliyah Military College, and trained briefly in Egypt, al-Sallāl had served as a military attaché in Cairo, where he encountered Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Arab nationalist and republican ideas.

The overthrow sparks a prolonged civil war between republicans, backed by Egypt under Nasser, and royalists, supported by Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Western powers. Tens of thousands of Egyptian troops will fight in Yemen between 1962 and 1967.

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Abdullah al-Sallal View → Gamal Abdel Nasser View →

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